Farming Calculator

How many trees to plant? Where should you put them? What will your yield be? It’s just after lunch, and there you stand: a blank … Read more

The instinct says: Plant every last tree that this land will support. But in reality, you go from dreaming of a stand of neem trees … Read more

Growing a timber stand or a sugarbush is a long game. You need to plan in geometry; you need to be patient. You are investing … Read more

You’re standing on a piece of surveyed land. What you see: Flat. The calculator sees lost terrain, drains, roads, and reserves. And it’s the gap … Read more

STRAWBERRIES are among the crops whose planting demands some math. Because so much excitement comes before common sense, someone’s thinking: Oh, I’ll have a patch … Read more

Establishing an income-producing orchard differs from planting a potted lime tree in big ways. With the orchard, there’s a need for spatial discipline. What looks … Read more

You must plan for terrain, labor, water, and light to plan out a coffee farm. Seedlings in hand, piece of ground in sight, but how … Read more

Everyone starts with one mulberry tree in their back yard, usually. And it do well, sometimes better than you expected, and suddenly you know: This … Read more

An orange grove is a geometric puzzle in which you plant living things. How many canopies can I cram into this space? And how will … Read more

This is an aerial view of young eucalyptus plantation. In field itself, the challenge are to ensure that there’s both room for machines to work … Read more

Spatial calculations is left to calculator (above) to do the hard work of computing square feet. Then you can focus on growing things, instead of … Read more